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Maninka, Konyanka

A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3: mku

Population	128,000 in Guinea (1986). Population total all countries: 167,200.
Region	Beyla region. Also in Liberia.
Language map	Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 20
Alternate names	Konya, Konyakakan
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 72% with Eastern Maninkakan [emk].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Manding, Manding-East, Southeastern Manding A member of macrolanguage Mandingo [man] (Guinea).
Comments	Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Liberia

Language name	Maninka, Konyanka
Population	39,200 in Liberia (2006).
Region	North, bordering Guinea.
Alternate names	Konya, Konyakakan
Comments	Differs from Guinea variety in the use of English loans. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PIONEER Bible Translators, author. 2003. "Maninka Sentence Repetition Test survey report: an investigation into the degree of bilingualism proficiency between Maninka of Kankan and Malinké, Kuranko, Sankaran, konyanka as well as other dialects of Maninka."  

SULLIVAN, Terrence D., author. 2004. "A preliminary report of existing information on the Manding languages of West Africa: summary and suggestions for future research."